GRIMM’S ALLEY, SECTION 7 SHAH ALAM.

By: RAZA SYAZANI

SHAH ALAM – Jalan Plumbum, Seksyen 7 marked as a dangerous junction in Shah Alam because of such over occurring accidents between various vehicles every month.

According to the statement from Inspector Mohammad Faizal Che Azmi, Investigative Police Officer of Shah Alam’s police station says that, it is about three accident cases recorded per month until May 2014 at this particular junction. Jalan Plumbum intersection is in front of the i-City entrance which every vehicle can do the U-turns and enter the junction freely.

“The accidents usually involved cars and motorcycles that are using the road and come from two different directions”, he said. The junction might causes the drivers and the riders are on their blind spot to acknowledge the presence of other vehicles from the other directions. This is the main cause that leads to such repeated accidents at the junction.

On December 16 2013, there was an accident between a motorcycle and a car which is seen as the worse among all the cases because it took someone’s life. The motorcycle was hit by a Proton Prevé which was about to enter the junction. The motorcyclist died on the location because of serious internal injuries caused by strong impact of the collision with the car.

 The victim was Malek Sukiman, 42, an Indonesian worked as a construction worker at Industrial Park Bukit Raja. He was about to go to somewhere around Section 7, Shah Alam from his workplace at Bukit Raja.

As one of the witnesses of the accident, I can say that the motorcycle was driven in speed and there was almost impossible for it to stop whenever the car came suddenly to the intersection. The Proton Prevé might had overlooked its front and thought that it can get through the junction before the motorcycle reached there. However, they did cross the intersection at the same time and leaded to that death accident. The blame can be put to both of them.

A few weeks before, at the same intersection of Jalan Plumbum, Section 7 Shah Alam, an Indonesian woman was hit by Nissan Serena. It was the same negligence actions of both parties. The motorcycle tried to enter the junction but did not realize the coming car from its front.

Considered based on the cracked front glass of the Nissan Serena, it was driven at speed which when the car hit the motorcycle, a hard impact of the collision between the car and the motorcycle caused the glass to crack.

The victim, Suraya, 36, a foreign worker at a restaurant in Section 7 was unconscious for a few minutes at the accident location.  She was brought to Tuanku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital, Klang for medical help.

Everyone is advised to be very careful whenever using Jalan Plumbum, Section 7 Shah Alam as it is called Grim’s alley which explains that it is dangerous for not being alert and wise when using that road.